Roland-Garros: Swiatek eases past Raducanu to make 21st consecutive Grand Slam third round

Pole Iga Swiatek, the No 5 seed, defeated Emma Raducanu 6-1, 6-2 to move into the third round of Roland-Garros at Roland-Garros in Paris on Wednesday.

The defending champion has now reached 21 consecutive Grand Slam third rounds, the only player to do so since 2020 – with Novak Djokovic second-best with 18 third-round appearances at the last 21 Grand Slam events.

The Pole extends her head-to-head lead over Raducanu to 5-0, winning all 10 sets played against the 2021 women’s singles US Open champion.

“From the beginning, I knew what I wanted to do, so I just did it, Swiatek said. “I had a good time on the court, and I felt the game pretty well, so I just went for it.”

Swiatek easy against Raducanu

Swiatek had already defeated Raducanu convincingly at the Australian Open earlier this year (6-1, 6-0) and has a strong track record against the 2021 US Open champion.

“Well, there are players that just have the ball that it’s for some of us it’s a little bit easier, others don’t like it, Swiatek highlighted. You know, there are some players that, I don’t know, you just kind of know what you’re going to do a little bit.”

“It’s a kind of matchup. That’s why in tennis sometimes it’s hard to judge everything, like, players’ shape and everything. I know Emma can also play great tennis, because like when we played in Stuttgart, it was, like, pretty intense and tight. I was ready for everything. And I’m happy that I was focused on myself to just kind of play my game and then lead with it.”

Raducanu said : “Like, you just don’t really feel like there is that much space on the court, and certain moments you overhit, because yeah, you just feel constant pressure. I definitely think, like, I can improve certain areas of my game to maybe make me feel like I have less holes.”

Swiatek, ranked No 5, will play Romanian Jaqueline Cristian next.

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Paris (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Roland-Garros, clay, EUR 56.352.000, most recent results first):

• Victoria Azarenka vs. Sofia Kenin
• Alycia Parks vs. Elsa Jacquemot
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Leolia Jeanjean
• Madison Keys vs. Katie Boulter
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lois Boisson
• Elena-Gabriela Ruse vs. Paula Badosa
• Tereza Valentova vs. Coco Gauff
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Joanna Garland vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Robin Montgomery vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Hailey Baptiste vs. Nao Hibino
• Ann Li vs. Jessica Pegula
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Sonay Kartal
• Magdalena Frech vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Ashlyn Krueger
• Elena Rybakina vs. Iva Jovic
• Sara Bejlek vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Leyre Romero Gormaz vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Diana Shnaider vs. Dayana Yastremska
• Aryna Sabalenka vs. Jil Teichmann
• Danielle Collins vs. Olga Danilovic: wednesday
• Clara Tauson vs. Arantxa Rus: wednesday
• Yuliia Starodubtseva (LL) beat Anastasia Potapova: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Bernarda Pera beat Donna Vekic (18): 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• Elina Svitolina (13) beat Anna Bondar: 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Jasmine Paolini (4) beat Ajla Tomljanovic: 6-3, 6-3
• Qinwen Zheng (8) beat Emiliana Arango: 6-2, 6-3
• Victoria Mboko (Q) beat Eva Lys: 6-4, 6-4
• Amanda Anisimova (16) beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-0, 6-2